Bioreaction engineering for the effective treatment and upgrading of wastewater and air emissions

水和空气污染物释放到环境中是加拿大和全球工业化社会日益严重的问题。 拟议的研究涉及理解和进一步开发涉及微生物用于处理废水和空气排放的过程。 这种基于生物的过程通常是用于降解广泛范围的废物材料（水、空气、土壤）中的大量污染物的最环境友好和能量有效的方法。 这项研究将提高我们对这些过程如何受到干扰的影响以及如何最大限度地提高其对各种污染物的性能的理解。 该项目将涉及3名博士。硕士学位，5名暑期本科生，10名本科论文学生和3名博士后研究员，他们将接受生物工艺工程和生物技术应用于开发环境可持续工艺的培训。

The release of water and air pollutants into the environment is an increasing problem for our industrialized society within Canada and globally.  The proposed research deals with understanding and further developing processes that involve the application of microorganisms for the treatment of wastewaters and air emissions.  Such biologically based processes are frequently the most environmentally friendly and energy efficient methods for degrading a large number of pollutants within a broad range of waste materials (water, air, soil).  This research will enhance our understanding of how these processes are affected by disturbance and how to maximize their performance for a wide range of pollutants.  The project will involve 3 Ph.D.'s, 1 M.A.Sc., 5 undergraduate summer students, 10 undergraduate thesis students and 3 postdoctoral fellows who will receive training in bioprocess engineering and the application of biotechnology to developing environmentally sustainable processes.